St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-21
THE DISPLAY OF EQUEPAGEs.

Hundreds OF Elegant and Costly
Winter TurmOuts Participated in
the carnival.
Without doubt one of the agrandest spec
tacleS ever witnessed in the streets Of any
city was seen in the streets Of st. Paul yes
terdav afterr Don from to o'clock in the
carnival display of eQuipages. There were
hundreds of fine turnouts, SleighS OF all
styles drawn by one, two, three, four or
more horses, harnessed two Or three abreast,
tandem and otherwise. All were decorated
with gaily cOlOred plumeS on the heads and
saddles of the animals and on the dash
boards of the sleighs, while garandS of
evergreen were entwined about the horses
and knots of ribbon We're tied here and
there about the harness. Drivers perched
aloft in bear-Sllin dress Il la Russia. the
ladies in their sealSkiHS or in the yari-cO-
ored uniforms Of the different carnival
clubs or encaSed in snow white fur, the
gentlemen in fur coats or uniforms, and the
multitude Of rich fur robes and back robes
Of fancy colors. all moving among the elab
crate street decorations formed a picture
truly carnival-ike and one that can be du
plcated in few cities in this country. \
view down Third street presented an end
less
SEA OF DANCING PLUN1ES,
Of prancing horses and elegant attire All
along the line Of parade on Third, Sibley,
Sixth, Robert or Minnesota streets, and
in the drive around the palace it was just
the same The display was far more elab-
orate than last year and has once
more demonstrated that St. Paul
IS city of elegant winter
equipages The committee in charge of
the display. w. G. Strickland, W. S. Nor
ton, d. II. Moon and d. b. Finch, in their
club uniforms drove over the route again
and again in an open carriage drawn by
two black ana two white horses, bearing
red plums, and kept the pageant moving,
assisting the police to keep loaded wagons
out OF these streets and otherwise making
themselves useful. There were hundreds
OF the turnouts worthy of especial notice,
besides multitude Of ordinary rigs orna-
mented or bearing uniformed ladies and
gentlemen. Nearly every sleigh contained
several ladies and many were driven by
ladies themselves. All along the route,
sidewalks were thronged with people, the
palace grounds were covered with them,
and even those who had rigs of some sort,
stood at the crossings to see the beautiful
turnouts as they passed. Strangers in the
city were delighted as we'll as astOnished to
see that St. PauIs boast of having the
largest number of winter tumoutS of any
city in the country was so easily demon
strated. Some of the turnoutS are men
toned briefly as follows:
THE FINE EQUIPAGEs.
H. S. Fairchild, large swell cutter, contain
the owner and three ladies. On the drivers
seat was Charles Fairchild in st. Georges
uniform and beside him Il lady in Nushka
nv Of
elegantly decorated with green and black
plumes as was also the cutter.
Robert Mannheimer, two-seated square
cutter. span black horses. buffalo and beur-
skin robes.
A. B. Wilgus, span Of bays, two-seated cut
ter with high drivers seat red and greeu
plumes ard bearskin robes.
Judge Brisbin double-seated cutter, ladies
aud two children III uniform buffalo robes
and span of light bay horses.
Four children of {. ID. o. Brien, team of
Shetland ponies. double-seated small cutter.
A very pretty rig, the children wearing uni
forms.
c. E. Thurston, single rig, black horse
handsome yellow and brown knit robe, rig
ornamented with yellow pumes.
Ed Mckinney, single rig, two seated cutter
containing ladies. yellow plume ornaments.
Maurice Auerbach, span of black horses
and double seated cutter, ornamented with
yellow and green plumeS, bearskin robes.
span of bays, bearskn robes.
W. 5. Morton, double ana fancy shell
sleigh drawn by Il pair of bays. with orna-
ments of old gold plumes, lady occupants.
Mai. a. f. Bates. double sleigh drawn by
black horses Ornamented with black piumes,
negro driver, bearskin cap, bear robes, q
very handsome rig.
Oscar Matheis, span of bays and double
seated cutter, yellow plumes and bearskin
robes.
E. F. Frost double cutter, span of black
horses with dark blankets, bearskin robes,
decorations of yellow plumes.
c. w. Hornick, d0ube-seatei cutter and
span of notified cream colored horses, white
and red plumes.
c. Gotham, double rig, span of bays. bear
skin robes.
w. H. Bushnell, span of bays, bear skin
robes, single cutter, decorations Of old gold
and blue plumes.
Gen J. B. Sanborn, double-seated cutter,
span of black horses, bearskin robes, red
plume decorations.
Charles II. Smith, long, square sleigh with
high drivers seat, drawn by pair of black
horses with elegant SILVER mounted harness,
bearskin robes
d. H. Moon. double sleigh, span of bay
horses. wolf robes.
Ed Langevin, single-seated, swell box cut
ter. with drivers seat ahead, span of hand
G me sorrels with gold mounted harness, with
bells above the saddle and elegantly decorated
with bells and variegated plumes, one of the
pretliest turn-outs.
Mr.. Wheeler double-seated cutter, spar of
bIack horses, lady and gentleman in the Owl